IDEX has committed all of its annual fundraising efforts to help CALM increase awareness and supports more men who are down or in crisis as well as to campaign for cultural change to tackle outdated stereotypes of masculinity that prevent men seeking help. Matt Green, CEO at IDEX, said: “Sadly, I have personal experience of the impact of suicide, so the work CALM do is very close to my heart. Mental Health is generally now far higher on the radar and no longer taboo, which is great. However, the style of support does not often engage with men and CALM provide a solution for this. We will be doing a number of fundraising events throughout 2018/19 ranging from Comedy Nights through to a 220-mile bike ride (in one day), so we hope to raise a significant amount of money for CALM. Whilst the charity is focused on male suicide, it benefits all through prevention, meaning we might not lose mates, sons, dads, brothers in such a tragic way.” Anna Jones, Fundraising Director at CALM said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been selected as IDEX Consulting’s Charity of the Year. The partnership will have a huge impact for CALM, enabling us to support more men who are in a crisis and are afraid to seek help due to cultural stereotypes of men. We have already received a great response from employees willing to fundraise for us and we can’t wait for the partnership to start". CALM’s research shows that whilst 67% of females tell someone about going through depression, only 55% of males do the same. The result? Men are three times more likely than women to take their own lives, and 12 men on average die by suicide every day. CALM provides:
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IDEX Consulting
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